Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi - This moment
This moment
by Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
This moment
This LOVE
comes to rest in me,
many beings in one being
In one wheat-grain
a thousand sheaf stacks.
Inside the needle's eye
a turning night of stars.
This moment --
This LOVE.
-- from The Illuminated Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks
As a somewhat prosaic person with a lateral mind, i need Ivan Granger's commentary (behind this link Poetry Chaikhana | Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi - This moment ) to extend my understanding of this poem. Its like finding "infinity in a grain of sand and eternity in...." this moment.
by Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi
This moment
This LOVE
comes to rest in me,
many beings in one being
In one wheat-grain
a thousand sheaf stacks.
Inside the needle's eye
a turning night of stars.
This moment --
This LOVE.
-- from The Illuminated Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks
As a somewhat prosaic person with a lateral mind, i need Ivan Granger's commentary (behind this link Poetry Chaikhana | Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi - This moment ) to extend my understanding of this poem. Its like finding "infinity in a grain of sand and eternity in...." this moment.